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▶️ salubrious (adj.) /səˈluːbriəs/
= favorable to or promoting health or well-being
A salubrious place is pleasant, clean, and healthy to live in:
~ He doesn't live in a very salubrious part of town.
TROOP = group of soldiers, police, etc.
TROUPE = group of actors, singers, etc. 💃
I left the police 👮👮👮 TROOP to join a singing TROUPE. 🎤
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◼️ broken English
🔘 the Queen's English
⚪️ plain English
🖌 Not Good or No Good?
~ This car is not good, but it gets me to work.
~ That car is no good; it doesn’t run at all.
~ TV no good for babies, study shows. Not bad, either.
✴️ - regret + gerund or to-infinitive
▶️ - I regret doing something => I did it and now I'm sorry about it.
▶️ - I regret to say / to tell you / to inform you => I'm sorry that I have to say (etc.)
🖌 the last but one / the next to last / the next but two 🖌
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▶️ Special case:
✴️ Another + number + plural noun ✴️
~ We need another three teachers ...
✴️ Another + couple of / few ✴️
~ ... another couple of months to ...
~ This will take another few minutes.
💠 - other - the other - another - - - difference 💠
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- Punctuation - Comma or no comma?
✳️ As long as you live here, you will follow my rules.
✴️ You will follow my rules as long as you live here.
✴️ go the extra mile =
to make more effort than is expected of you; try very hard to achieve something
#idiomatic_expressions
✳️Flagrant = obviously bad
An officer noticed his *flagrant* violation.
✳️Fragrant = pleasant-smelling 👃
👨🏻💐 Harry likes *fragrant* flowers.
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➡️Ingenious [in-JEEN-yuhs] = clever, inventive
➡️Ingenuous [in-JEN-yoo-us] = innocent; naïve
An INGENIOUS artist 👨🎨 loved my INGENUOUS smile.
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✴️ - fit into/with something ✳️
✴️ - fit something into/with something ✳️
🖌🖍🖋📖 🔍
- I wish she WERE here. (correct)
- I wish she WAS here. (informal)
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💡💡💡- according to one's (own) lights 💡💡💡
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🐾 - find your feet 🐾🐾 🐈🐕🐎
= to become familiar with a new place or situation:
~ It took a while, but I've finally found my feet in my job
~ New students need a little time to find their feet.
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⏹ - retentive (adj.) /rɪˈtentɪv/
➡️ = Able to retain or remember many things.
▶️ ~ I don’t have a retentive memory; I quickly forget most of what I hear and see.
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✴️ - frisson (noun) /ˈfriːsɒn/
= a sudden strong feeling of excitement, fear, or pleasure
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💥 catch/take someone unaware(s) 💥👽👻
~ We were caught unawares by the fierce storm. ⚡️🌪💦
💥 Unexpected results can also be introduced by BUT or YET. 🐳
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✅ - The other books are ... ☑️
✅ - The others are ... ☑️
✳️ - all - every - each - - - difference ✳️
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📚📓📔📒📕📗📘📙📖
1️⃣ be in one's good books
2️⃣ by the book
3️⃣ bring to book
4️⃣ like a book
5️⃣ in my book
💠 - maverick (noun, adj.) /ˈmævərɪk/
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“Children” and “men” are already plural, so their possessives are *children’s* and *men’s* (not “childrens’” or “mens’”).
#Grammar 👧🏻👦🏻
🔘 fit (verb) [be right size/shape] - fit in/into/onto etc:
- Their new car barely fitted IN / INTO the garage. ✅
- She can fit two more people INTO her car. ✅
✳️ - en route / enroute (adverb, adjective) /ˌɒn ˈruːt/
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